Clothes hanger



April 27, 1948. LOWE I 2,440,636

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Y MART/N LOWE Patented Apr. 27, 1948 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE CLOTHES HANGER Martin Lowe, New York, N. Y., assignor of onehalf to Abraham Block, New York, N. Y.

Application November 10, 1945, Serial No. 627,909

2 Claims. l r This invention relates to new and useful improvements in clothes hangers.

The invention refers to a clothes hanger which may fold so that it may be easily applied to dresses and other garments having small neck openings. This construction makes it unnecessary to engage the hanger through the bottom of the dress to the neck opening for supporting it.

The invention has particular reference to a novel construction which makes it exceptionally simple to fold or collapse the hanger when desired, and to move the parts back to original extended positions.

It is proposed to characterize the new clothes hangers by a pair of shoulder pieces which are hingedly connected together and which have abutting elements for limiting pivoting from a horizontal position upwards. It is proposed to provide each shoulder piece with a handle that projects upwards from points close to the hinge. One of said handles is provided with a top hook by which the hanger may be supported on a rod, nail or other supporting element. It is proposed to provide the other handle with a hook capable of releasably engaging the last mentioned handle for releasably holding the shoulder pieces in their horizontal position.

An important feature of the invention resides in the fact that one of the shoulder pieces is directly connected with the hook that supports the hanger and the other shoulder piece is provided with a handle by which it may be pivoted from horizontal positions downwards and which is provided with a hook capable of snapping on and against the other handle and by which the shoulder pieces are held in their horizontal position.

The broad concepts of this invention may be applied to numerous forms, two of which are disclosed in this specification. In one of the forms, the shoulder pieces includes "rods of wood, metal, or other material, or thermo-plastic rods which not only are decorative but which are desirable material for the shoulder pieces. In the second form, the entire hanger is formed from two lengths of wire which are hingedly connected with a rivet, or bolt.

The invention also proposes to so construct the shoulder pieces that they are capable of receiving and holding shoulder straps of garments to pre- 2 vent the garments from slipping oif of the hanger, or to receive loops of garments for supporting them.

Still further the invention proposes the construction of new and improved clothes hangers, as briefly explained which are exceptionally simple in construction and durable and which can be m-anufactured'and sold at a reasonable cost.

For further comprehension of the invention, and of the objects and advantages thereof, reference will be had to the following description and accompanying drawings, and to the appended claims in which the various novel features of the invention are more particularly set forth.

In the accompanying drawings forming a material part of this disclosure:

Fig. 1 is an elevational view of a clothes hanger constructed in accordance with this invention.

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary enlarged horizontal sectional view taken on the line 2-4 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary enlarged horizontal sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged vertical sectional view taken on the line 4-4 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 5 is an elevational view of another clothes hanger embodying this invention. 7

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary horizontal sectional view taken on the line 6-6 of Fig. 5.

Fig. '7 is a fragmentary horizontal sectional View taken on the line 1--'l of Fig. 5.

The clothes hanger, as illustrated in that form of the invention shown in Figs. 1 to 4 inclusive, includes a pair of shoulder pieces I!) and l I which are hingedly connected with a pintle rivet 12'; or other hinge connection, and which are provided with abutting elements, or surfaces [2 and I3 for limiting pivoting from a horizontal position upwards. The shoulder piece I0 comprises a metal inner end section [4 and a thermo-plastic or other suitable material outer end section IS. The metal section I4 is formed with an opening l6 into which the end of the thermo-plastic material section 15 is engaged and cemented. The shoulder piece II is formed from a metal inner end section I1 and an outer thermo-plastic material end section [8. The metal section I1 is formed with an opening [9 into which the end of the .thermo-plastic material section [8 is en: gaged and cemented. The adjacent ends of the 5 held in said substantially horizontal position with said abutting elements abutting each other and said handles may be slightly flexed together and slightly laterally for disengaging said hook and then said shoulder pieces may be lowered by allowing said handles to move apart, said shoulder pieces being of wire material, a pintle for hingedly connecting said shoulder pieces, and said wire material being flattened in the vicinity Number UNITED STATES PATENTS Name Date Rideout July 13, 1897 Malsin Nov. 20, 1917 Weber June 29, 1920 Hall Nov. 6, 1943 FOREIGN PATENTS Country Date of said pintle and said flattened areas being 10 Number formed with said abutting elements.

MARTIN LOWE.

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